Eliott's Tailors

The 15th Hussars, now the 15th [King's] Hussars, previously
called the 15th, or king's own royal light dragoon guards. In 1759
Lieutenant-Colonel Eliott enlisted a large number of tailors on strike
into a cavalry regiment modelled after the Prussian hussars. This
regiment so highly distinguished themselves, that George III. granted
them the honour of being called “the king's royal.”